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Percent Distribution of Total Annual Expenditures by Major Category, 2001–2004

Item	2001	2002	2003	2004
Average annual expenditures	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Food	13.5	13.2	13.1	13.3
Food at home	7.8	7.6	7.7	7.7
Food away from home	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.6
Alcoholic beverages	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1
Housing	32.9	32.7	32.9	32.1
Apparel and services	4.4	4.3	4.0	4.2
Transportation	19.3	19.1	19.1	18.0
Vehicles	9.1	9.0	9.1	7.8
Gasoline and motor oil	3.2	3.0	3.3	3.7
Other transportation	7.0	7.0	6.7	6.5
Healthcare	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.9
Entertainment	4.9	5.1	5.0	5.1
Personal care products and services	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%
Reading	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
Education	1.6	1.8	1.9	2.1
Tobacco products and smoking supplies	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7
Miscellaneous	1.9	1.9	1.5	1.6
Cash contributions	3.2	3.1	3.4	3.2
Personal insurance and pensions	9.5	9.6	9.9	11.1
Life and other personal insurance	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9
Pensions and Social Security	8.4	8.6	9.0	10.2

1. Includes expenditures for alcoholic beverages, personal care products and services, reading, education, and tobacco products and supplies, as well as cash contributions and miscellaneous expenditures.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures in 2004.

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